Cover for manuscripts



(No Model.)

G. H. KENT. COVER FOR MANUSORIPTS.

Patented Nov. 8., 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GEORGE H. KENT, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

COVER FOR MANUSCRIPTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485.814, dated November8, 1892.

Application filed October 28, 1891- Serial No. 410,094. (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HENRY KENT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCovers for Manuscripts, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention has for its object a cover which will both securely holdblank paper or a inanscript paper and also permit it to be readily takentherefrom, both leaves of the cover being so constructed that they canbe turned entirely ,over, so as to enable the manuscript to be moreeasily read or the paper to be more readily written upon.

In the drawings, I have shown in Figure 1 a plan View of the front of myimproved cover, in Fig. 2 a plan view of the back thereof, and in Fig. 3a side view of the same.

A designates the covers, which are made non-flexible or so as not to bereadily bent.

B is a stiff strip of leather or other suitable material on each side,having holes therein, through which are to be inserted suitablefastenings cl. I prefer to use the well-known fastening consisting of ahead and double shank, the two parts of which are to beturned oppositeways when fastened, as shown in Fig. 2, but which may be readilystraightened again and taken out when the contents of the cover are tobe removed.

1) is a flexible piece, preferably of leather, acting as a joint and ofsuch length as to permit eitherleaf of the cover to be turned entirelyover against the opposite leaf, so as to lie flat thereon. This resultis accomplished by means of the broad flexible piece or joint I), whichenables either cover to be turned entirely over and to lie fiat upon theopposite one, as above described, while the strip B assists in holdingthe manuscript or paper in place and affords by means of the holestherein and the fastenings d a means readily of securing the manuscriptor paper used in the covers.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A reversible cover for manuscriptbooks, both leaves of which have arigid or nonfiexible portion A, a perforated stiff strip B, extendedflexible portions 1) between the portions A and B, these strips beingconnected by a flexible back, the flexible portion b having a lengthallowing either cover to be turned entirely over upon and to lie fiatagainst or under the opposite cover, and the perforations in the saidstrips coinciding with each other and adapted to receive fastenings forholding in such cover interposed leaves of paper correspondinglyperforated.

2. The described temporary cover for manuscripts, adapted to hold sheetsunattached to each other, consisting of the two non-flexible portions AA, connected together by an extended flexible portion having the twonarrow stiff cross-strips B, placed apart from each other near the backof the cover and leaving between such strips and the rigid parts A along flexible portion, permitting each leaf of the cover to be turnedover to the opposite of its inclosed book and to lie underneath thesame, and whereby the book may with equal facility be written in atfront or back, the same set of sheets thus serving as two independentbooks.

3. The described cover having the two rigid leaves, the two longflexible portions, one for each leaf, the narrow stifi perforated crossstrips, one for each leaf, and the short flexible portion between saidstrips and constituting the back, in combination with a set ofindependent sheets having perforations corresponding with those in suchstrips and with fasteners adapted to be passed through all theseperforations and serving to hold the cover and sheets together, thecombination permitting the writing at will in either end of the book orupon either side of any leaf, while both leaves of the cover lieunderneath, and also permitting the ready Withdrawal of each and everysheet.

GEO. H. KENT.

Witnesses:

CHARLES W. SEVERE, CHARLES H. DREW.

